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HAS PAP WAKEN UP OR IT'S A GAME?
Naira Hayrumyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country26006.html
Published: 12:32:09 - 01/05/2012
The Constitutional Court accepted for processing the request
of the Prosperous Armenia and ARFD MPs demanding to declare
anti-constitutional the provision of the Election Code banning the
release of the voters' list after the elections.
The Court is going to consider the case on May 5, one day before the
elections, on Saturday. This shows how unserious the CC treats the
request of the MPs and the request will hardly be met.
The court is possible to consider the case for the whole day and
then postpone it till May 7, Monday. The court is also possible to
declare the request of the MPs legal stating at the same time that
the parliament needs to amend the Election Code. After May 6, the
elections will not be released for sure.
What is this - a Western initiative or a game by the Prosperous
Armenia? If the ARFD and Heritage, during the consideration of the
Election Code last year demanded to release the voters' lists, the
PAP would not vote against Election Code, stating that the greater
part of its demands was accepted.
The party gave the same answer to the demand by Heritage, ARFD and
the Armenian National Congress to pass to the full proportional system.
PAP pharisaism failed the formation of e unique front against the
RPA and forcing it to adopt the amendments.
Now, the PAP has become the advocate of the publication of lists and
fair elections. Why? Did the PAP hope for a deal with the Republican
Party before the election, and therefore it didn't want to burn
the bridges? In the end, election ploy as the uncertainty of lists,
and maintaining a majority "reserve" played in favor of the PAP.
But apparently, the parties failed to agree and when real competition
came, the PAP suddenly remembered about frauds. True, it is too late
because it reminds a game with the perspective to win points to be
ready for the next deal.
It is noteworthy that the Republican Party doesn't consider it
necessary to justify itself for not wanting to release the lists. They
only refer to the Venice Commission, which supports the secrecy of the
vote. The RPA is like a child who is suspected of stealing something
and who is asked to open the fist, but he stubbornly and arrogantly
refuses. Everyone knows that the RPA relies on the votes of absent
people and this is its only weapon, illegal one, and the party looks
right into your eyes and keeps refusing to open the fist.
How is it possible to dwell on legitimacy after all this? Does the
RPA hope that everything will be like in 2007? When everyone had to
reconcile with the absolute majority of the Republican Party even
despite the huge number of frauds and breaches. There was heard a
sacred statement - there have been frauds which didn't influence the
outcome of elections.
Perhaps, RPA hopes are grounded taking into account the behavior
of the Prosperous Armenia: it say nothing about being opposition,
it just wants as many parliamentary seats as the RPA to become on
equal terms in the coalition, as Vartan Oskanian says.
What will change in the state system of Armenia If the percentage
ratio of the RPA-PAP changes from 80-20 to 60-40, or even 50-50? Will
the Prosperous Armenia insist on amendments to the Election Code then
too, or it will go back to its course?
Naira Hayrumyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country26006.html
Published: 12:32:09 - 01/05/2012
The Constitutional Court accepted for processing the request
of the Prosperous Armenia and ARFD MPs demanding to declare
anti-constitutional the provision of the Election Code banning the
release of the voters' list after the elections.
The Court is going to consider the case on May 5, one day before the
elections, on Saturday. This shows how unserious the CC treats the
request of the MPs and the request will hardly be met.
The court is possible to consider the case for the whole day and
then postpone it till May 7, Monday. The court is also possible to
declare the request of the MPs legal stating at the same time that
the parliament needs to amend the Election Code. After May 6, the
elections will not be released for sure.
What is this - a Western initiative or a game by the Prosperous
Armenia? If the ARFD and Heritage, during the consideration of the
Election Code last year demanded to release the voters' lists, the
PAP would not vote against Election Code, stating that the greater
part of its demands was accepted.
The party gave the same answer to the demand by Heritage, ARFD and
the Armenian National Congress to pass to the full proportional system.
PAP pharisaism failed the formation of e unique front against the
RPA and forcing it to adopt the amendments.
Now, the PAP has become the advocate of the publication of lists and
fair elections. Why? Did the PAP hope for a deal with the Republican
Party before the election, and therefore it didn't want to burn
the bridges? In the end, election ploy as the uncertainty of lists,
and maintaining a majority "reserve" played in favor of the PAP.
But apparently, the parties failed to agree and when real competition
came, the PAP suddenly remembered about frauds. True, it is too late
because it reminds a game with the perspective to win points to be
ready for the next deal.
It is noteworthy that the Republican Party doesn't consider it
necessary to justify itself for not wanting to release the lists. They
only refer to the Venice Commission, which supports the secrecy of the
vote. The RPA is like a child who is suspected of stealing something
and who is asked to open the fist, but he stubbornly and arrogantly
refuses. Everyone knows that the RPA relies on the votes of absent
people and this is its only weapon, illegal one, and the party looks
right into your eyes and keeps refusing to open the fist.
How is it possible to dwell on legitimacy after all this? Does the
RPA hope that everything will be like in 2007? When everyone had to
reconcile with the absolute majority of the Republican Party even
despite the huge number of frauds and breaches. There was heard a
sacred statement - there have been frauds which didn't influence the
outcome of elections.
Perhaps, RPA hopes are grounded taking into account the behavior
of the Prosperous Armenia: it say nothing about being opposition,
it just wants as many parliamentary seats as the RPA to become on
equal terms in the coalition, as Vartan Oskanian says.
What will change in the state system of Armenia If the percentage
ratio of the RPA-PAP changes from 80-20 to 60-40, or even 50-50? Will
the Prosperous Armenia insist on amendments to the Election Code then
too, or it will go back to its course?